BIRTH OF THE BOSON
Playwright: Prof. Hasan Padamsee, Cornell University (Retd.)
Event Concept, Casting & Direction: Subrata Das
Oct 2024 at Academy of Creative Arts, Burlington, MA
One of the most significant scientific events of the past century is the discovery of the subatomic particle Boson, the predecessor of the so called "God particle". The genius of a young Indian scientist, Satyen Bose, after whom the particle Boson was named, reshaped the study of modern physics. His published work authored with Albert Einstein exactly 100 years ago culminated in Bose-Einstein Statistics that led the foundation but Bose's name remained unnoticed until very recently.
SETU's play reading in ENGLISH with TWO DOZEN ACTORS in a double cast, BOSON & FERMION, explores the early life and struggle of Bose, his marriage and journey from Bengal (India) to Berlin where he met Einstein and Madame Curie in Paris.
